Main entrance, State Fair, Oklahoma City, OK, 1909

Subject: County & Agricultural Fairs
Card type: Lithograph
Date: c. 1909 (Golden Age)

Back of Main entrance, State Fair, Oklahoma City, OK, 1909, c. 1909 lithograph postcard — Back

About this postcard

The main entrance to the Oklahoma State Fair in Oklahoma City is a stucco Mission-style gateway with a stepped parapet, arched openings, and flanking towers. Small concession buildings on either side carry signs for "A Bargain Store" and "Lunches." By 1909, two years after Oklahoma statehood, the fair was an annual gathering for the new state's farm families. The sender's note says three crops of alfalfa were cut from the ground where these buildings were built, a detail that ties the fairgrounds to the surrounding agricultural economy.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

3 crops of alfalfa was cut off the ground these buildings was built on the same year the building was erected. W.S.A.

PostmarkedOK, April 30, 1909, 13:00

Addressed to

Charlotte Sellers Hassett

Amesbury, MA

Postcard record

Postmarked	April 30, 1909, 13:00, OK
Publisher	Sadler & Pennington
Condition	Good
Place addressed	Charlotte Sellers Hassett, Amesbury, MA
Place depicted	Oklahoma City, OK
Stamp	1c Benjamin Franklin, green, perforated on all sides
Notes	Thin white margin along the bottom edge; paper loss at the upper-left corner and light surface scuffs and staining in the sky area. Postmark: OKLAHOMA APR 30 1-PM 1909 OKLA. Divided-back litho card with white border; light corner/edge wear and a few foxing spots.

Cite this card

Main entrance, State Fair, Oklahoma City, OK, 1909, postcard, c. 1909. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/main-entrance-state-fair-oklahoma-city-ok-1909. Accessed November 2, 2026.